Cotton Eye Joe was a popular dance track in the 1990’s by the band called The Rednex, which as their name suggests, they take upon the gimmick of that of a redneck. Country music, hillbilly blues and some classic techno dance beats! What more can a music fan ask …

Overview - Side I of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s most complex and detailed concept record, introduces the main character of this record and also explains a bit about him. Surprisingly, after re-listening to this side of the record I’d honestly have to say that for the most part, it …

The Static Age is a track by Green Day which appears on their most recent album, 21st Century Breakdown. The song opens up with an interesting drum rhythm from Cool before Dirnt and Armstrong join in on their respective instruments and play over this drum rhythm. I will admit …

Girl From The North Country is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The song opens up with a melodic fairly paced acoustic guitar part from Dylan before he joins in with the vocals. His voice seems to have a bit of …

The song Jolean was sung by Dolly Pardon. This song reminds me of how several men cheat on their wives and how the wives will fight to keep their man. I’m not sure of why the women would want to fight for a man that cheated on them because …

Exile is a song by Slayer which starts out in an extremely heavy fashion, as most Slayer songs do, before Araya comes in with the vocals of the track. Now typically I like Slayer a bit and think they’re a good metal band but the sound on Exile is …

P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole
“Last Night”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Last Night” is the third single and music video from P. Diddy’s fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” and “Tell Me”. All I have to say is this is the best single out of all of them from …

C-Bo is one of the best rappers from the west coast to ever touch the mic. He has such a great flow style and voice. He captures the true essence of real west coast hip hop. He has made some really great albums that show he is one of …

I was digging through some of my CDs the other day, looking for something different to listen to in the car (we don’t have decent radio stations here). I ended up coming across my Joe Diffie: Third Rock from the Sun album and ended up listening to that.
I have …

Love to listening emo song? Or need some emo song?? Paramore is the answer! They are the best emo band ever I think. Listen one of their new song ‘decode’, it full of emotion. There’s anger, love, question, and passion.
This new song ‘decode’ is also become original soundtrack the …

Besides their other huge album Cherry pie. The 80’s Glam Rock band Warrant also achieved alot of success with the Album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album had huge power Ballad hits like Sometimes She Cries and Heaven that mostly had a big following with the younger women. …

Around The Fur is the Deftones second album, released in 1997, again produced by Terry Date. The band has stated the meaning of Around The Fur is something thats not bad, but not good around the fur. My Own Summer is one of the best songs ever, the song …

This CD — Hank Jones: If You Were Mine — is for the people who have influenced the singer. If you read the liner jacket for nothing else, read the bit about Tony Bennett. I was absolutely laughing at loud at the notation there. It’s priceless.
This …

Iyiyi love this song!! (haha get it) This is one of Codys first songs on iTunes with the other one being Summertime. I came across Cody on YouTube actually and fell in love with him instantly. You cannot help but just fall in love with this talented aussie. This …

Jay-Z ft. Gwen Dickey
“Wishing on a Star”
In My Lifetime, Volume 1
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Wishing on a Star” is a little known single and music video that can only be found on the United Kingdom release of his second album “In My Lifetime, Volume 1″. No wonder it’s so little known because …

Aaliyah
“I Care 4 U”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: LIttle X
I have to ask, why bother? Seriously, this has to be the worst Aaliyah music video ever, ever, ever made. This isn’t Aaliyah’s fault though because she was already dead at the time, it’s director Little X’s fault for not coming up with something …

The new two-member (Mike Sheppard & Vicky Backle) indie band, What Was Lost, from Vernon, New Jersey seem to have a unique and emotional style. I’m not too sure whether it’s the slow, sad voices or the crying of the guitar that makes this band so touching, but …

I love to play my guitars everyday and I could play all day long. I just can’t live without my guitars. I am doing a review on the Les Paul Special 2. This guitar is $150 at Guitar Center. To be honest, the Special 2 is a good guitar …

Lotus is a song by Cage The Elephant which appears on their album of the same name. The track opens up with a heavy drum rhythm which is soon sung over by the vocals of the track which is interesting because thus far, no guitar or bass has even …

The song “Do I”, by Luke Bryan, for some reason is one of the best songs I have ever heard. I literally keep listening to it over and over again. It is definitely the best song that Luke Bryan has ever sung. The first time I heard this song …

In going all the way with its title, there are only three songs on the Beach Boys’ third album, ‘Surfer Girl’ (or four, if you don’t count the instrumental closer, “Boogie Woodie”), that are not about surfing, or that don’t mention surfing or the surfing waves in some capacity. …

This is System Of A Down’s third album, the name comes from the way the album was leaked onto the internet ahead of it’s release, the album features no artwork at all, coming in nothing but a jewel case, and a back insert, coming on a mock CD-R all …

Overview —“ Speed Metal Symphony, the debut album released by Cacophony is one of the best examples of an album I can think of where the guitarists work extremely well together. For those of you who don’t know, Cacophony is basically a neo-classical band whose two guitarists were Jason …

First of all, I love this song. It suits Kelly so well and it’s something you would love to hear on the radio. So then onto the music video, Kelly looks amazing. The old Kelly, young and fun with attitude is back and is better than ever. Kelly looks …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Cater 2 U
Album: Destiny Fulfilled
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Jake Nava
“Cater 2 U” is the fourth single and music video from Destiny’s Child’s fourth and final album titled “Destiny Fulfilled”, following the previous hit singles and music videos - “Lose My Breath”, “Soldier”, and “Girl”. Filmed at Red …

Overview —“ American Idiot, the first music video released by Green Day in support of the album of the same title shows the band at a level of new songwriting and shows that they emerged from the time after Warning as being stronger and better than ever, musically, lyrically, …

Danse Manatee is the second record released by Animal Collective. Following Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, the best way I can summarize this album is that it actually seems to be a decline and a step down in songwriting unfortunately. Though Danse Manatee does certainly have its moments …

This film Saawaria is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Production. SLB is know for is exceptionally good music for his films. He has surprisingly narrowed gap between class and mass, his music is soulful and yet commercial and Saawaria is no exception. Bhasali has tried out a new music director …

Recently I just rediscovered the band “The Flaming Lips”. They are an American rock band that was formed sometime in the nineteen eighties, but gained the most of their fans and became the most popular sometime in the nineteen nineties.
What I absolutely love about the bands “The Flaming …

Man From Pakistan is a song by The Flaming Lips and the eighth song on their debut album, Hear It Is. Opening up with a simple power chord rhythm accompanied by sloppy percussion and lead guitar work, Man From Pakistan starts out with an introduction which I find completely …

Gold by Abba is a classic and amazingly perfect collection that I don’t ever regret buying. There are close to 20 tracks in this album and I would even label this as my greatest hits compilation. I love Dancing Queen, as usual, Mamma Mia and S.O.S. Please …

Penguin Penguin is a song by Animal Collective and is the second track on their second release, Danse Manatee. Opening abruptly from the previous track, the song has a similar feeling to the opening song on the record except it goes to even further extremes. Whereas A Manatee Dance …

Boom Boom Pow is the new song from Black Eyed Peas. Like their previous song, it’s still a lot of beat, groove, and really nice to dance.
But, first time I hear this single, I can’t directly recognize that is the Blak Eyed Peas, because though the music is still …

I must say that I am a huge fan of Miss Lana. Ever since her topnotch work with her debut album “Born to Die” I was consistently waiting for her next record to come out.
There’s no one in the industry with a more soothing and delicate voice. I never …

I am as gullible to any “Earth Shattering” sound explosion of Orchestral music as a doomsayer is to the End Of The World. I am already a huge fan of some of the best film score writers such as Danny Elfman …

When I heard this song on the radio, I didn’t know it was Charice singing and I was really proud when I recently found out it was her! I liked the song before and now I like it more, learning it was her that sang this! It didn’t sound …

At my local MAE music store, I recently bought a new toy to add to my rig for my band. Since my band have been saying that my solos are often unaudible in the mix of our sound, I bought a Boost Line Driver by MXR. It was …

Some people say that Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the first bad album by Oasis, while others say that it is their second bad album. But I disagree with both such statements. I disagree with the description of this album as a bad one. I think that …

Bone Thugs are a group from Cleveland, OH who was signed by reap legend Easy-E and believe me, they have a lot of talent. He put a lot of work into the group and guided them to greatness,he is featured on their debut cd “Creepin On A Comeup” which …

Eels were formed in 1995 by Mark Oliver Everett, the man generally known as E. Their first album, Beautiful Freak met to critical and popular acclaim due to its charming blend of tongue in cheek angst and eccentric musicality. His follow up to this happy go lucky, Beck like …

Cannibal Corpse is a band in the ‘Death Metal’ genre. However I personally wouldn’t call them a band at all. I physically and mentally DESPISE them in any ways possible, and anyone who considers grunting an art form of singing seriously needs to open their eyes into the real …

British rock band Queen released their most groundbreaking material in the year 1975 - A Night at the Opera album. At the time of its release it was the most expensive album ever made. The album features diverse musical styles such as hard rock, opera influenced rock and pop …

At this time, many old bands who started releasing albums. Is this just a proof, that they still exist or that their creativity is still there? One of them is MSG. When I first listened to 12 songs in this album, in passing, I had felt strange. Overall, beat …

“Hollow” is the last track on “Vulgar Display of Power”. The song happens to be one of the plethora of singles that appear on the album. Needless to say, this is a classic metal album that everyone should own. Although it is technically Pantera’s 6th studio album, most people …

Mountain Side is a song by the Flaming Lips and is the ninth song on their fourth studio album, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. Returning to a more distorted and aggressive sound than the preceding track on the album, Mountain side opens up with a driving rhythm due to …

Audioslaves 2nd album, releases in May of 2005 produced by Rick Rubin, the title is a reference to the band’s exile from the first album, how they started as part rage against the machine part soundgarden and now they are their own band. This is a good album, the …

When I was much younger, one of my favourite singers was the woman Tina Turner. These days, I still appreciate her and her music, but my appreciation just is not as strong as it was back in the day.
There were several things I had admired about this performer …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Listen” (Version 1)
Album: B-Day/”Dreamgirls” Soundtrack
Label: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrack
Director: Diane Martel
“Listen” is a single and music video off of the soundtrack for the 2006 film “Dreamgirls”, it is also included on her second album titled “B-Day”. The song basically follows the subplot of her character from the film, …

Bye, Bye, Bye By *Nsync is a song that when I was a kid I absolutely loved. Me and my sister used to have a cd with *Nsync on it but we don’t have it anymore because we wore the cd out. After we were done with it, it …

Instantly, this album should be contrasted with the Different Gear, Still Speeding debut album by Beady Eye. It is important to know who is going to come up with a better album after the breakup of the band —“ the chief songwriter, the mastermind behind all famous Oasis songs, …